Direct or indirect, one excess death brought on by a storm is one too many. But it’s important to flesh this out further because I fully expect Jamaica’s death toll to surge because of the indirect ...

Six people have died of leptospirosis, a rare bacterial illness often found in contaminated water. The storm increased the ...

Headlines have been filled with talk of the catastrophic power of Hurricane Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated ...

The Category 5 hurricane wreaked havoc across the Caribbean, making landfall in Jamaica before heading toward Cuba, Haiti, ...

Xavier Totti moved to the mainland United States from his native Puerto Rico 43 years ago. He is still asked routinely if he is "legal," and when he mails packages to relatives back home, he has to ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Hurricane Maria maintained its category 5 muscle with 160 mph winds and is poised to hit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The 2 p.m. advisory put the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York chef Kemoy Gordon last spoke to his cousin in Jamaica on Monday, as his family prepared to leave their beachside home on the western part of the Caribbean island ahead of ...

A tree surgeon from Sheffield is leading part of the clean-up operation in Jamaica in the wake of devastation caused by ...

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. Follow for live updates.

By Maria Alejandra Cardona KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa has developed into a Category 4 hurricane heading ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — As Hurricane Maria roared over Puerto Rico in September 2017, Marena Pérez and Aureo Andino hunkered down inside their ballet studio. The couple never imagined that they, ...